Zero to Hero~Boku No Hero Academia (Todoroki x Female Reader)

Chapter 11

F/N's P.O.V

Looks like it's Midoriya vs Todoroki in this next round. I went to the waiting room to wish them both good luck and sat down with Iida and Uraraka. "F/N-chan, who are you rooting for?" Uraraka asks.
"Me? I'm honestly rooting for both of them. Can't really specifically pick one."
"How come? You're always near Midoriya, and you just met Todoroki." Iida said, my face unintentionally flushed a bit.
"I... Well..."
"*gasps* Don't tell me! You and Todoroki-kun are-"
"Ochako-chan!! That's not it at all! We're just friends, nothing more!"
"Hehe~ If you say so." She hummed making me almost hide my face. In the other side of the stadium, there was a tall man covered in flames standing there while watching. That must be Endeavor, Todoroki's dad.

"IT'S THE FIRST MATCH AT THE SECOND ROUND!" Present Mic started to announce, "These two heroes in training have been frontrunners in the Sports Festival! It's Midoriya vs Todoroki!!" The crowd cheered and so did I with Uraraka and Iida. "But which of these rivals will advance to the next round? Ready?! BEGIN!"

The battle began with Todoroki making a huge trail of ice like his fight against Sero, Midoriya uses his finger to flick his attack away, costing him to break his finger. Something I kept noticing was Todoroki's determination to not use his fire when he had chances to. I remembered he mentioned that he made a promise to never use his flames, but it still felt like he was struggling against Midoriya.

But Midoriya already had most of his arm and fingers broken, when Todoroki shot more ice to finish the match quick. Little did I expect that Midoriya used his broken finger again, which got worse. "What is he doing? Is he using his broken finger twice?!" I exclaimed to myself. He wouldn't survive the next round even if he moves on.

"You're trembling, Todoroki..." Midoriya said to him, Todoroki's eyes widens.
"Midoriya-kun... You have a plan?" I thought as I listened. "It's easier to forget that quirks are physical abilities, and that means there's a limit to the cold your body can take, right?"
Todoroki was just quiet, staring at him.
"Listen, we're all giving it our all. You think you can win with half your strength?! SO COME AT ME WITH ALL YOU GOT!!"
The fight was getting more and more fierce by the minute. Todoroki looks... completely broken, not physically.

"I want to be a pro! Whatever it takes to be a hero!" Midoriya punches Todoroki again while he was distracted on his words, "That's why I'm giving it my all, just like you should be!"

I gasped as I placed my hands covering my mouth with wide eyes. The conversation that I overheard and the one in the park weeks ago came back to me, everything that Todoroki said, is that what he was thinking?

"If you don't want to, that's alright. But you don't have the right to be number 1 if you're not going to use your full power!" That got Todoroki paralyzed, just like when I remember my past. He must be thinking about that too, until he snapped while his right side freezes.
"SHUT UP!"
"That's why... I'm gonna win this! I'll surpass you!"

I stood from my spot and ran down to take a closer look, and then to the waiting room halls to get to the arena entrance to hear and watch from up close without anyone seeing me.

"But my father's quirk..." Todoroki shook.
"IT'S YOURS! YOUR QUIRK, NOT HIS!" Midoriya yelled.
That got on Todoroki's nerves as I noticed a light shake from him.

And then... It happened.

(This is probably not in order, but I didn't want to write the whole fight in words. Btw, if you never read manga, you read the panels from right to left.)